List of security research and scenario related abbreviations
AC power
alternating current power
ACC
Associate Candidate Countries
ACER
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
ACIP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ACT
Allied Command Transformation
ADNS
Animal Disease Notification System - European Commission
AHP
Analytical Hierarchy Process
AO
Arctic Oscillation
AQUAPOL
Water police
ARGUS
European Commission, Secretariat General, Crisis Management Unit
ASD
AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATHENA
The EU mechanism for financing military operations
AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System
BLT
Build-Lease-Transfer
BLTM
Build-Lease-Transfer-Maintain
BOO
Build-Own-Operate
BOOR
Build-Own-Operate-Remove
BOOT
Build-Own-Operate-Transfer
BOT
Build-Operate-Transfer
BRIC
A grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development
BRICT
Emerging grouping acronym for BRIC plus Turkey
BSE
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BTO
Build-Transfer-Operate
CAFM
Common Analytical Framework Matrix
CAP
Common Agricultural Policy
CBRN
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
CCD
Colony Collapse Disorder
CCHF
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
CCS
Carbon Capture and Storage
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CDP
Capability Development Plan
CDR
Carbon-Dioxide-Removal
CDT
Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
CEDEFOP
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
CEI
Critical Energy Infrastructure
CEPOL
European Police College
CEPS
Centre for European Policy Studies
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CFCA
Community Fisheries Control Agency
CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy
CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policies
CI
Critical Infrastructure
CICO
Intelligence Centre against Organised Crime
C-IED
Counter-improvized explosive device
CII
Critical information infrastructure
CIMIC
Civil-Military Co-operation
CIs
Critical Infrastructures
CIVCOM
Political and Security Committee, Committee for Civilian Aspects in Crisis Management
CIWIN
Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network
Clingendael
Netherlands Institute of International Relations
CMC
Crisis management Concepts
CMCO
Civil-Military Coordination
CME
Crisis Management Exercise
CMPD
Crisis Management and Planning Directorate
CoBPSC
Code of Best Practice in the Supply Chain
CoC
Code of Conduct
CONOPS
Concepts of Operations
COPE project
Common Operation Picture Exploitation project
COREPER
Committee of Permanent Representatives
COSI
Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security
CPCC
Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability
CPVO
Community Plant Variety Office
CRCM
Canadian Regional Climate Model
Crescendo
Coordination action on Risks, Evolution of threats and Context assessment by an Enlarged Network for an R&D Roadmap
CRMF
Common risk management framework
CSD
Container Security Device
CSDP
Common Security and Defence Policy
CSFP
Common Foreign and Security Policy
CSI
Container Security Initiative
CTG
Counter-Terrorism Group
C-TPAT
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
D&C
Design and Construct
DBFO
Design-Build-Finance-Operate
DBFOM
Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Manage
DBMS
Database management system
DCMF
Design-Construct-Manage-Finance
DCS
Distributed Control Systems
DDPS
Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
DDSI project
This project aimed at supporting the development of dependability policies across Europe
DESA
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DG ECHO
DG European Community Humanitarian Office
DG SANCO
Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
DIF
Deposit Insurance Fund
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory – Wikipedia
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
E.B.I
EU Bureau of Investigation
EAC
European Armaments Cooperation
EAP
Energy Action Plan
EARDCC
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre
EASA
European Aviation Safety Agency
EASO
European Asylum Support Office
EBA
European Banking Authority
EBB
Electronic Bulletin Board
EC
European Commission
ECDC
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
ECFR
European Council on Foreign Relations
ECHA
European Chemicals Agency
ECHO
European Commission, Directorate General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
ECI
European Critical Infrastructure
ECMM
European Community Monitoring Mission
ECOSOC
Economic and Social council
ECS
Export Control System
ECTAD
Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Operations
ECWMF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
EDA
European Defence Agency
EDEM
European Defence Equipment Market
EDRT
European Defence Research & Technology
EDTIB
European Defence Technological and Industrial Base
EEA
European Environment Agency
EEAS
European External Action Service
EESs
European Essential Services
EFC
European Framework Cooperation
EFCA
European Fisheries Control Agency
EFFIS
European Forest Fire Information System
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
EID
Emerging infectious disease
EIGE
European Institute for Gender Equality
EIOPA
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
EISAS
European Information Sharing and Alert System
EIT
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
EIXM
European Information Exchange Model
EMA
European Medicines Agency
EMCDDA
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
EMEC
Emergency Management Expo & Conference
EMSA
European Maritime Safety Agency
ENISA
European Network and Information Security Agency
ENP
European Neighbourhood Policy
ENSO
El-Niño-Southern Oscillation
ENTR
Enterprise and Industry
ENTSO
European Network of Transmission System Operators
EO-System
Electro-Optical System
EPCIP
European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
EPPO
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
ERA
European Railway Agency – promoting safe and compatible rail systems
ERA
European Research Area
ERA
European Railway Agency (ERA)
ERRF
European Rapid Reaction Force
ERS
Economic Research Service
ESD
Event Sequence Diagrams
ESDC
European Security and Defence College
ESDP
European Security and Defence Policy
ESG
Executive Secretary General
ESPON
European Observation Network, Territorial Development and Cohesion
ESRB
European Systemic Risk Board
ESS
European Social Survey
ESVP
European Security and Defence Policy
ETA
Event Tree Analysis
ETF
European Training Foundation
EU
European Union
EU ISS
European Union Institute for Security Studies
EUFOR
European Union Force
EU-GRASP project
Changing Multilateralism: the EU as a Global-regional Actor in Security and Peace
EUHR
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
EUMC
European Union Military Committee
EUMS
European Union Military Staff
EURATOM
European Atomic Energy Community
Eurocorps
is a European main multinational standing army governed by its framework nations Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain.
Eurofor
European Rapid Reaction Force
EUROFOUND
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
EUROJUST
European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit
Euromarfor
European Maritime Force
EUROPOL
European Police Office
EUROSINT forum
European Open Source Intelligence forum
EuroSOX
EUROSUR
European Border Surveillance System
EUSC
European Union Satellite Centre
EUSEC II project
Coordinating National Research Programs and Policies on Major Events Security
EUSECON project
A new Agenda for European Security Economics
EUSR
European Union Special Representatives
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FEMA
US Federal Emergency Management Agency
FMD
Food and Mouth Disease
FMEA
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FOCUS
Foresight Security Scenarios – Mapping Research to a Comprehensive Approach to Exogenous EU Roles (FP7 project)
FOL
first order logic
FORESEC project
Europe's evolving security: drivers, trends and scenarios
FRA
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
FRA
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
FRONTEX
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders
FSR
Freight Security Requirements
FTA
Fault Tree Analysis
GCM
Global Climate models
GDP
Gross domestic product
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
GMES
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GMOs
Genetically Modified Organism
GRASP project
Foresight of Evolving Security Threats Posed by Emerging Technologies
GSA
European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Agency
GSHAP
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
GSVP
Common Security and Defence Policy
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
HLG
Headline Goal
HR
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IBEROSINT
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICS
Import Control System
ICSAP
Industrial Corporate Security Awareness Programme
ICT
Information and communication technologies
IDMC
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
IEA
International Energy Agency
IEF
Institute for European Integration Research
IES
Institute for European Studies
IFOAM
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IFRM
Integrated Flood Risk Management
IFSH
Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik
IHR
International Health Regulations
IIASA
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
INEX project
Converging and conflicting ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe
INSPIRE
The INSPIRE project aimed at identifying techniques to enhance the reliability of communications over unreliable and/or insecure links (WAN, wireless), so that critical control loops become possible over a WAN.
INTERPOL
International Criminal Police Commission
IOD
Indian Ocean Dipol
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IPAT
Psychological Assessments for Informed People Decisions
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPRIIS project
IRRIIS aimed at dependability, survivability and resilience of CIs on underlying information-based infrastructures.
ISPS code
International Ship and Port Facility Security code
ISS
European Union Institute for Security Studies
JHA
Justice and Home Affairs
JIP
Joint Investment Programme
KICS
Knowledge and Innovation Communities
KMS
Knowledge management systems
KRITIS
LNG
Liquid natural gas
LNG
Liquefied natural gas
LOGSEC
Is an EU FP7 project that developed the Strategic Roadmap for Supply chain security (SCS), analysed importance of political, regulatory and technological aspects in security research, and produced recommendations on cost-efficient measures for enhancing Supply chain security in a European context.
LoI
Letter of Intent
LROT
Lease-Renovate-Operate-Transfer
LTV
Long Term Vision
LTV
Long-Term Vision
MARE
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
MCA
Medieval Climate Anomaly
MCE
Maximum credible earthquake
MEA
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MEPs
Members of the European Parliament
MERCURY project
Multilateralism and the EU in the Contemporary Global Order
MIC
Monitoring and Information Center
MINUSTA
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MJO
Madden-Julian Oscillation
MLD
Master Logic Diagrams
MOS
Model output statistics
MOVE
European Commission, Directorate General Mobility and Transport
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NAO index
North Atlantic Oscillation Index
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDIA
National Defence Industry Associations
NDIAs
National Industry Associations
NEC
Network Enabled Capability
NERC
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NESA
National Emergency Supply Agency
NGOs
NR
Reactive nitrogen
O&M
Operate and Maintain
OAE
Ocean anoxic events
OCCAR
Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement
OCHA
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCTAVIO project
OCTAVIO addressed the lack of a common strategic vision to protect energy critical infrastructure, and standardization weaknesses in the energy industry position against potential threats (for example terrorist attacks).
ODS
Ozone depleting substances
OHIM
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
OHIM
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
OIE
World Organisation of Animal Health
OPLAN
Operation Plan
OSINT
Open source intelligence
PDO
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
PDR
Pathogen-derived resistance
PERSEUS project
Protecting European Seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance, FP7 project
POC
Point of Contact
POPs
Persistent organic pollutants
PRA
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
PSC
Political and Security Committee
R&T
Investment in Research and Technology
RAILPOL
Railway Police
RBD
Reliability Block Diagrams
RCM
Regional climate model
RCP
Representative Concentration Pathways
REGIO
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RM
Radiation management
RNA
RoE
Rules of engagement
RoHs
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
S&T
Science and Technology
SANDERA
Security and Defence in the European Research Area (FP7 project)
SCADA
System control and data acquisition.
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCM
Supply Chain Management
SCNs
Supply Chain Networks
SECURENV project
Assessment of environmental accidents from a security perspective
SEDE
Subcommittee on Security and Defence
SEDE
Subcommittee on Security and Defence
SEREN project
SEcurity REsearch NCP network
SEVESO
SFI
Strategic Foresight Initiative
SFOR
Stabilisation Force
SFP
Security and Facilitation Policy
SICMA
The project objective was to improve Health Service crisis managers’ decision-making capabilities.
SICMA project
Simulation of Crises Management Activities
SITC
Standard International Trading Categories
SITCEN
Situation Centre
SitCen
Joint European Union Situation Centre
SLOC
Sea Lines Of Communication
SNA
Social network analysis
SOLAS
Safety of Life at Sea
SOPs
Standard Operating Procedures.
SoS
System of system
SRES scenarios
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios
SREX Report
This report defines extreme climate or weather events as “the occurrence of a value of a weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) ends of the range of observed values of the variable.
SRM
Solar radiation management
SSG
Security sector governance
SST
Sea surface temperature
STACCATO project
Stakeholders Platform for Supply chain Mapping, Market Condition Analysis and Technologies Opportunities
STEEP
STF
EU Security & Dependability Task Force
STRAW project
Security Technology Active Watch
SWOT
Strengths-weaknesses/opportunities-threats
SySSec
TAPA
Transported Asset Protection Association
TAV
Tropical Atlantic Variability
TAXUD
European Commission, Directorate General Taxation and Customs
TEU
Treaty on European Union
TISPOL
Traffic Police
TRM
Thermal radiation management
TRS
Trucking Security Requirements
TSO
Tactical Situation Objects.
TSO
Transmission System Operators
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCTE
Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity
UN DESA
UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNISDR
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction/United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
UNOCHA
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNU
United Nations University
UNU-CRIS
United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
Value Sec project
The VALUESEC project aims at correcting this weakness by providing public authorities with a decision support tool-set to analyze different aspects decision process and make decisions based on sound economic analysis.
VIRTUOSO project
Versatile Information Toolkit for end-Users oriented Open-Sources exploitations, FP7 project
VITA project
The VITA project aimed at delivering assessment on the threats to and assurance and protection of, highly networked CIs, most of which are operating trans-nationally, and disruption of which is critical to Europe’s security
Monitoring Mission
Industry Associations